Incorporation of The Associated Cement Companies Limited on August 1, 1936.

1936 First Board Meeting of The Associated Cement Companies Limited held at Esplanade House, Mumbai on November 10, 1936. With the transfer of the 10th company to ACC, viz. Dewarkhand Cement Company, the formation of ACC is complete on October 23, 1937. ACCs first community development venture near Bombay Indias first entirely indigenous cement plant established at Chaibasa in Bihar Village Welfare Scheme launched Sindri cement works used the waste product calcium carbonate sludge from fertilizer factory at Sindri. Bulk Cement Depot established at Okhla, Delhi Technical training institute established at Kymore, Madhya

1937

1944

1947

1952

1955

1956

1957

Pradesh. 1957 Katni Refractories Blast furnace slag from TISCO used at the Chaibasa Unit to manufacture Portland Slag Cement for the first time in India. Manufacture of Accocid Cement, which resists the corrosive action of acids and chemicals. Oilwell Cement manufactured at ACC Shahabad Cement Works in Karnataka for cementation of oilwells upto a depth of 6,000 feet. Manufacture of Hydrophobic (waterproof) cement at ACC Khalari Cement Works in Bihar. Manufacture of Accoproof, a waterproofing additive. ACCs Central Research Station (CRS) established at Thane Manufacture of Portland Pozzolana Cement. Manufacture of Calundum, a High Alumina Binder; Firecrete, Low Density Alumina Castables and High Alumina

1961

1961

1961

1961

1962

1965

1965

1965

Refractory Cement. 1968 Advent of computers in ACC for data processing and designing management information and control systems. ACC supplied and commissioned one-milliontonne iron ore pelletising plant ordered by TISCO Manufacture of Whytheat Castables A, K, C and Cal-Al-75 Take-over of The Cement Marketing Company of India (CMI) ACC receives ASSOCHAM first national award for the year 1976 instituted for outstanding performance in promoting rural and agricultural development activities. Introduction of the energy efficient precalcinator technology for the first time in India. Full scale commercial production based on MFC technology at Wadi in 1979. ACC wins international contract for operation and management of a new one million tonne

1968

1971

1973

1977

1978

1979

cement plant at Yanbu-Ras Biridi in Saudi Arabia. 1982 Commissioning of the first 1 MTPA plant in the country at Wadi, Karnataka. ACC achieves a breakthrough in import substitution by developing and supplying a special G type of oil well cement to ONGC. ACC develops a new binder for use at sub-zero temperatures, which is successfully used in the Indian expedition to Antarctica. Incorporation of Bulk Cement Corporation of India, a joint venture with the Government of India. ACC starts the commercial manufacture of Ready Mixed Concrete at Mumbai. ACC selected as Most Respected Company in India by Business India. Damodhar Cement & Slag Ltd, Purulia, West Bengal becomes a subsidiary of ACC Commissioning

1984

1987

1992

1993

1995

1996

1998

of the 0.6 MTPA cement grinding unit at Tikaria, Uttar Pradesh. 1999 Commissioning of captive power plants at the Jamul and Kymore plants in Madhya Pradesh. Tata group sells 7.2% of its stake in ACC to Ambuja Cement Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd. (GACL) Tata Group sells their remaining stake in ACC to the GACL group, who with 14.45% now emerge as the single largest shareholder of ACC. Commissioning of the new plant of 2.6 MTPA capacity at Wadi, Karnataka plant, the largest in the country, and among the largest sized kilns in the world. ACC wins PHDCCI Good Corporate Citizen Award IDCOL Cement Ltd becomes a subsidiary of ACC IDCOL Cement Limited is renamed as Bargarh Cement Limited (BCL).

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2004

ACC raises US $ 100 million abroad through Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) for US$ 60 million and Global Depository Shares (GDSs) for US $ 40 million. Both offerings are listed on the London Stock Exchange. ACC named as a Consumer Superbrand by the Superbrands Council of India, becoming the only cement company to get this status. GreenTech Safety Gold and Silver Awards awarded to Madukkarai Cement Works and Katni Refractory Works by Greentech Foundation for outstanding performance in Safety Management System. ACC receives the CFBP Jamnalal Bajaj Uchit Vyavahar Puraskar Certificate of Merit 2004 from Council For Fair Business Practices. Holcim group of Switzerland enters strategic alliance with Ambuja Group by acquiring a majority stake in Ambuja

2004

2004

2005

2005

Cements India Ltd. (ACIL) which at the time held 13.8 % of the total equity shares in ACC. Holcim simultaneously makes an open offer to ACC shareholders, through Holdcem Cement Pvt. Limited and ACIL, to acquire a majority shareholding in ACC. Pursuant to the open offer, ACILs shareholding in ACC increases to 34.69 % of the Equity share capital of ACC. 2005 Commissioning of Modernisation and Expansion project at Chaibasa in Jharkhand, replacing old wet process technology with a new 1.2 MTPA clinkering unit, together with a captive power plant of 15 MW. Financial accounting year of the company changed to calendar year JanuaryDecember Subsidiary companies Damodhar Cement & Slag Limited, Bargarh Cement Limited and Tarmac (India) Limited merged with ACC ACC announces new Workplace policy for HIV/AIDS

2005

2006

2006

2006

Change of name to ACC Limited with effect from September 1, 2006 from The Associated Cement Companies Limited. ACC receives Good Corporate Citizen Award 2005-06 from Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry New corporate brand identity and logo adopted from October 15, 2006 ACC establishes Anti Retroviral Treatment Centre for HIV/AIDS patients at Wadi in Karnataka the first ever such project by a private sector company in India. ACC partners with Christian Medical College for treatment of HIV/AIDS in Tamil Nadu Sumant Moolgaokar Technical Institute completes 50 years and reopens with new curriculum Ready mixed concrete business hived off to a new subsidiary called ACC Concrete Limited.

2006

2006

2006

2007

2007

2008

2008

ACC Cement Technology Institute formally inaugurated at Jamul on July 7. First Sustainable Development Report released on June 5. ACC wins CNBCTV18 India Business Leader Award in the category India Corporate Citizen of the year 2008 Project Orchid launched to transform our Corporate Office, Cement House into a green building. ACC received the Jamanalal Bajaj "Uchit Vyavahar Puraskar" of Council for Fair Business Practices ACC is allotted coal blocks in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. ACC's new Grinding plant of capacity 1.60 million tonnes inaugurated at Thondebhavi in Karnataka. Kudithini Cement Grinding Plant inaugurated in Karnataka on January 4, 2010 with a capacity of 1.1 MTPA of Portland Slag Cement.

2008

2008

2008

2009

2009

2009

2010

2010

ACC acquires 100 percent of the financial equity of Encore Cements & Additives Private Limited which is a slag grinding plant in Vishakhapatnam in coastal Andhra Pradesh. This company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of ACC in January 2010. ACC enters its platinum jubilee year - the first company in the cement industry to achieve this status ACC receives FICCI Award for Outstanding Corporate Vision Triple Impact Business Performance Social & Environmental Action & Globalisation for 2009-10 - a unique award received for the first time World's largest kiln installed at ACC Cement Plant, Wadi, Karnataka with a capacity of 12,500 tonnes per day creating new landmarks for cement industry Central Control Room Building at ACC Chanda Plant, Maharashtra set up as a Green building, the first of its kind in an industrial environment

2010

2010

2011

2011

2011

ACC Secretarial & Share processes received ISO 9001 2008 Certification ACC launches M-100 grade concrete especially designed for the construction of high intensity towers Amalgamation of two subsidiary companies ACC Concrete and Encore Cement & Additives with ACC Limited

2012

2012

Consumption of Coal/Fuel Including Captive Power Plant in Cement Industry in India (1992-1993 to 2009-2010)

Month-wise Clinker Production in India (1994-1995 to 2007-2008)